It will take more than one swing to declare Gleyber Torres as “back,” but he took a step in the right direction Friday night.
TORONTO — following a two-day benching to get his mind and swing right, Torres crushed a two-run homer in the sixth inning to cap off the Yankees’ six-run explosion.
Torres entered the at-bat 0-for-2 on the night and 2-for his last-31, but turned on a 2-0 inside fastball from Blue Jays reliever Nate Pearson and drilled it 385 feet to put the Yankees up 7-3.The first teammate to greet Torres at the top step of the dugout was Marcus Stroman, who had appeared to be frustrated with the second baseman a half-inning earlier.
With no outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a high chopper off Stroman to shortstop.Yankees’ bullpen shuffling continues with return of Jake Cousins Having to wait for the hop, Anthony Volpe got the out at second base before Torres’ throw to first was not in time to nab Guerrero for the double play.He then walked Justin Turner on four pitches to spell the end of his night, and when he got to the dugout, he got some more yelling out to nobody in particular.
The fiery Stroman finished the night allowing three runs across 4 ⅓ innings, though he was taken off the hook by the top of the sixth inning by Torres and company.How J.D. Martinez has become the hitting guru the Mets' offense neededUSA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
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